Jacinta Hawgood
Dr. Jacinta Hawgood, BSSc, BPsy(Hons), MClinPsy, PhD, MAPS, MICDA.
https://experts.griffith.edu.au/15151-jacinta-hawgood
Jacinta Hawgood is Associate Professor and Program Director of Suicidology at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP), Griffith University, where she has worked since 2000. She is a recognised national and international expert in suicide prevention and education. Her clinical work in suicidology and clinical psychology spans 27 years, operating a casual practice inclusive of client work, supervision and consultancy since 1999.
Jacinta is the lead author of Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality protocol (STARS-p) (Hawgood & De Leo, 2015; 2018; 2024), and associated STARS-p training. In addition to training of the clinical and non-clinical workforce, her teaching includes Graduate Certificate and Master of Suicidology programs, since 2001. Jacinta’s research expertise is focused on psychosocial needs-based assessment and application, personal suicide stigma, development and evaluation of suicide prevention training including supervisor training and lived experience of suicide co-design prevention, workforce and evaluation domains.
Jacinta is board director of MATES in Construction (Qld/NT) and National MATES Inc. and national academic reference group member of National MATES, advisory expert member for Roses in the Ocean, and Queensland Centre for Mental Health Learning, to mention a few. She is past board director of Suicide Prevention Australia (2015-2021), and several other national and international advisory boards regarding suicide prevention. Jacinta has a reviewing role for peer-reviewed journals in this domain and has presented research findings at a range of state, national and international conferences, has co-authored and edited a book, book chapters, and published numerous peer-reviewed articles and government reports in the field.
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